What?? Of course we know exactly where nuclear technology "came from" It's a pity that being professionally confused about basic science has become a profitable job
What?? Of course we know exactly where nuclear technology "came from" It's a pity that being professionally confused about basic science has become a profitable job
Also disappointing for Rogan to go from a really great episode where a scientist confronted crazy ideas with the evidence to this garden hose of nonsense
If anyone want to read more about nuclear technology, this is a nice summary: world-nuclear.org/information-li…
@martinmbauer I'm not a fan of Tucker...however he's talking strictly about the history of science, not the science itself. Given that Rutherford himself never believed that we can split the atom's nucleus, people are entitled to have these kinds of questions and get the answers they seek.
@martinmbauer The Manhattan project was very classified, but the basic physics was known.
The idea of nuclear fission itself was first realized by scientists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann in 1938, with Lise Meitner and Otto Robert Frisch providing the theoretical explanation shortly thereafter. They recognized that when a uranium nucleus was bombarded with neutrons, it could split into smaller nuclei, a process that released a significant amount of energy. The potential for a controlled release of this energy was then theorized by several physicists. Notably, Leo Szilard, a Hungarian physicist, was crucial in conceptualizing the idea of a nuclear chain reaction. Szilard patented the idea of a nuclear reactor in 1934, which was before the actual discovery of fission. He understood that if a chain reaction could be controlled, it could potentially be used to generate power. After the discovery of fission, he immediately realized its implications for both energy production and weaponry. Szilard was instrumental in urging Albert Einstein to write to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939, warning him of the potential for a new type of bomb and advising the U.S. government to begin uranium research, which eventually led to the Manhattan Project. No UFOs required.
@martinmbauer I bet Tucker doesn't know that Germany and Japan also had their own nuclear programs. Germany was on the wrong path and Japan's was a joke, but there was no way to know that until the war ended.
@martinmbauer @DrBrianKeating i found the conversation refreshing regardless of particular’s , it seemed open honest lacking the typical bread crumbs of the general narratives, perhaps exciting even provoking some angles of novelty … After all It’s magical to THINK the freedom of thought has no bounds 😁
Tucker is being honest. He doesn't know any physics or physics history at any depth. People watch youtube physics videos and may come away with the impression that they know some physics. What they know is only enough to have a casual and inconsequential (but entertaining) conversation about some physics topic. Entertainers like Tucker and Rogan should hire a part time physicist consultant if they want to make relevant statements about what is known and not known regarding physics. It is often true that if you really understand something you can explain it simply to most people. It is most often not true that the person hearing the explanation and having a head nodding experience can do anything useful with that explanation or paraphrase the explanation accurately.